In the Name of God Amen
Elizabeth Crook of Tytherton Lucas in the Parish of Chippenham in the
County of Wilts Spinster being in health & of sound disposing mind memory
& understanding thanks be to God for the same hereby revoking all former
Wills by me at any time herebefore? made do make publish & declare this to
be my last Will & Testament in manner & form following that is to say
first I Give to my Cousin Thomas Crook of Kellaways in the County of Wilts
Gentleman all the Fixtures which shall be in the house wherein I now live
at the time of my decease Also I Give to the said Thomas Crook the Sum
of twenty Pounds over & besides what he will be entitled to under the
bequest hereinbefore? contained as a recompence for the trouble he will have
in the execution of this my Will And whereas my late deceased Sister
Catharine Crook by her last Will & testament bearing date the sixth day of
January 1788 gave unto me for my life all that are part in the Freehold in
the Parish of Trowbridge in the County aforesaid & after my decease she gave the
same unto our Brother Simon Crook during his life & after his decease to her
Nephew Charles Crook Son of her said Brother Simon Crook & she did thereby
also Give to her Niece Elizabeth Wife of John Eddols & Mary Crook & Catharine
Crook Daughters of her late brother Robert Crook the Sum of twenty pounds
each within the space of one year after my decease & all rest residue &
remainder of her effects whatsoevervshe gave as follows unto her brother
Edward Crook one half after my decease but if he should die before me then his
part should be equally divided after my death amongst his the said Edward Crooks
children [] alive her other half she gave unto William Crook Anthony
Crook Edward Crook John Crook Elizabeth Eddols Mary Crook & Catharine Crook
Sons & Daughters of her late Brother Robert Crook to be equally divided
between them share & share alike within the space of one year after my
death & she appointed me sole Executrix of her Will And [] my said
Sister Catharine Crook at the time of making her said Will was only aforesaid
Mortgagee in posession of the said Freelands? & premises in Trowbridge be given
by her as aforesaid & having in her life time received all principle
interest monies due on such [] mortgage she [] away all her rights
& interest in the premises whereby the said [] thereof [] in due
lapsed & my said brother Simon Crook & his children are in consequence
thereof entirely excluded from all benefit under my said Sisters Will
contrary to her intention & desire & I am therefore desirous by this my Will
to [] such defect & to dispose of my property in such manner that
the same together with the residuary Personal Estate of my said Sister
Catharine Crook may with the exceptions herein mentioned be equally
& impartially divided between & amongst my Nephews & Nieces & their
representatives in manner hereinafter mentioned Now I do hereby Give &
bequeath unto my said Nephews Thomas Crook all my Goods Chattels []
Securities for money & all my Personal estate & effects of what sort or kind
soever the same may be of which I shall be possessed or entitled to hold
the same unto the said Thomas Crook his Executors & Admons upon the trusts
& [] & for the ends intents & purposes hereinafter mentioned that is to say
upon trust that the said Thomas Crook his Executors & Admons do & shall
as soon as reasonably may be after my decease posess [] themselves
of all my said Personal estate & call in & receive all such Sum & Sums of
money as shall be due & owing to me at the time of my death & sell dispose
of and covert into money all such parts of my personal estate as shall not
consist of money & by & out of the monies so by him or them to be posessed
of & received? do and shall in the first place pay & discharge all my debts &
funeral expenses & after paying the said several Legacies of twenty pounds each
so given & bequeathed in & by the said Will of my said Sister Catharine Crook
unto my said Nieces Elizabeth Eddols Mary Crook & Catharine Crook as aforesaid
& paying & yielding? the residuary Personal Estate of my said Sister Catharine
Crook in the manner directed by her said Will & after also paying or []
to himself the said Legacy of twenty pounds hereinbefore given to him the said
Thomas Crook then upon trust that he the said Thomas Crook his Executors
or Admons do & shall by & out of my said Personal Estate & Effects pay unto
each of them my nephews & nieces ( that is to say himself the said Thomas
Crook John Crook Simon Crook Robert Crook Walter Crook Catharine
Brown & Mary Seager Children of my brother Edward Crook & my Great
Niece Elizabeth Edwards ( Daughter of John Edwards of Hartham in the said
County of Wilts Yeoman by Elizabeth his Wife who was also a Daughter
of my said brother Edward Crook & the children of Jane Coward deceased
which shall be living at the time of my death& [] said Jane
Coward was likewise a daughter of the said Edward Crook such children
of the said Jane Coward nevertheless to take only such share of my said
Personal Estate as their mother would in case she was living & also unto such
of my Nephews Charles Crook Henry Crook & George Crook Sons of my brother
Simon Crook so much money as with the monies which they or my said
brother Edward Crook will then have [] as under & by virtue of the said
Will of my said Sister Catharine Crook will be equivalent to the shares of
my said Nephews & Nieces William Crook Anthony Crook Edward Crook John
Crook Elizabeth Eddols Mary Crook & Catharine Crook Sons & Daughters of my
said late deceased Brother Robert Crook of & in the residuary Personal Estate
of the said Catharine Crook deceased & upon this further trust that he the said
Thomas Crook his Executors or Admons do & shall pay & equally divide the
surplus or residue of my said Personal estate & effects after the several payments
aforesaid shall have been made to between & amongst himself the said Thomas
Crook & the said John Crook Simon Crook Robert Crook Walter Crook Catharine
Brown & Mary Seager Children of my said brother Edward Crook my said
Great Nice Elizabeth Edwards & the children of the said Jane Coward which
shall be living at the time of my decease such children to take only such
share between them of my said Personal Estate as their mother would in case
she was alive & to & amongst the said Charles Crook Henry Crook & George
Crook Sons of my said Brother Simon Crook & also to & amongst the said
William Crook Anthony Crook Edward Crook John Crook Elizabeth Eddols
Mary Crook & Catharine Crook Children of my late Brother Robert Crook
equally share & share alike it being my Will & intention that all my said
Nephews & Nieces or their representatives shall receive an equal & proportionable
share of & in my said personal estate & the personal Estate & Effects of my said
deceased Sister Catharine Crook except only that my said Nieces Elizabeth
Eddols Mary Crook & Catharine Crook shall receive their said several Legacies
of twenty pounds each under the Will of my said deceased Sister & my said
Nephew Thomas Crook shall have & receive the fixtures in my said house
the said Legacy of twenty pounds hereinbefore given to him over & above any
of my other Nephews or Nieces & I do make ordain constitute & appointed
the said Thomas Crook Sole Executorbof this my last Will & testament & I do
will order & direct that he shall not be charged or chargeable with or
accountable for more of the said trust estates & effects than shall actually
come to his hands by virtue of this my Will nor with or for any loss
which shall or may happen of the cause or as such loss happens without
his wilful neglect or default & that it shall be lawful for him to reimburse
himself in the first place by & out of the said trust estate all such costs
charges & expenses [] he shall be put into in the execution of this my
Will or the trusts hereby in him reposed In witness whereof I the said
Elizabeth Crook the testatrix have to this my last Will & testament contained
in three sheets of paper to the first two sheets thereof set my hand & to
this last sheet set my hand & seal this twenty fourth day of December in the
year of our Lord 1799 E Crook Signed Sealed Published & declared by
the said Elizabeth Crook the testatrix as & for her last Will & testament in the
presence of us who have attested the same in her presence Anthy Guy
Harry? Powell
This is a Codicil to the last Will & testament of
me Elizabeth Crook of Tytherton Lucas in the County of Wilts Spinster which
I will may be taken as part thereof & as if inserted therein whereas I
have in my said Will to which this is annexed directed the residue of my
Estate & Effects after the several payments therein mentioned are fully paid
& satisfied to be divided as is therein also mentioned between & amongst the
children of my brothers Edward Crook Simon Crook & Robert Crook and when
[] making my Will Robert Crook Son of Edward Crook & Edward Crook
Son of the said Robert Crook are both dead leaving children now my Will is
& I do hereby direct & declare that the children of the said Robert Crook &
Edward Crook shall be entitled to such share of my said Estate & Effects as their
respective parents would in case they had been living at my decease & I hereby
give the same to them accordingly I give to William Crook of Tytherton Lucas
[] Son of Thomas Crook two pair of Silver table Spoons One marked E Catharine
& the other (C) only & in all other respects I confirm my Will In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal the tenth of May 1802 Elizth
Crook Signed Sealed Published & declared by the above named Elizabeth Crook as
& for a Codiciul to her Will in the presence of us Anthy Guy Grace Powell

In the Name of God Amen
Elizabeth Crook of Tytherton Lucas in the Parish of Chippenham in the
County of Wilts Spinster being in health & of sound disposing mind memory
& understanding thanks be to God for the same hereby revoking all former
Wills by me at any time herebefore? made do make publish & declare this to
be my last Will & Testament in manner & form following that is to say
first I Give to my Cousin Thomas Crook of Kellaways in the County of Wilts
Gentleman all the Fixtures which shall be in the house wherein I now live
at the time of my decease Also I Give to the said Thomas Crook the Sum
of twenty Pounds over & besides what he will be entitled to under the
bequest hereinbefore? contained as a recompence for the trouble he will have
in the execution of this my Will And whereas my late deceased Sister
Catharine Crook by her last Will & testament bearing date the sixth day of
January 1788 gave unto me for my life all that are part in the Freehold in
the Parish of Trowbridge in the County aforesaid & after my decease she gave the
same unto our Brother Simon Crook during his life & after his decease to her
Nephew Charles Crook Son of her said Brother Simon Crook & she did thereby
also Give to her Niece Elizabeth Wife of John Eddols & Mary Crook & Catharine
Crook Daughters of her late brother Robert Crook the Sum of twenty pounds
each within the space of one year after my decease & all rest residue &
remainder of her effects whatsoevervshe gave as follows unto her brother
Edward Crook one half after my decease but if he should die before me then his
part should be equally divided after my death amongst his the said Edward Crooks
children [] alive her other half she gave unto William Crook Anthony
Crook Edward Crook John Crook Elizabeth Eddols Mary Crook & Catharine Crook
Sons & Daughters of her late Brother Robert Crook to be equally divided
between them share & share alike within the space of one year after my
death & she appointed me sole Executrix of her Will And [] my said
Sister Catharine Crook at the time of making her said Will was only aforesaid
Mortgagee in posession of the said Freelands? & premises in Trowbridge be given
by her as aforesaid & having in her life time received all principle
interest monies due on such [] mortgage she [] away all her rights
& interest in the premises whereby the said [] thereof [] in due
lapsed & my said brother Simon Crook & his children are in consequence
thereof entirely excluded from all benefit under my said Sisters Will
contrary to her intention & desire & I am therefore desirous by this my Will
to [] such defect & to dispose of my property in such manner that
the same together with the residuary Personal Estate of my said Sister
Catharine Crook may with the exceptions herein mentioned be equally
& impartially divided between & amongst my Nephews & Nieces & their
representatives in manner hereinafter mentioned Now I do hereby Give &
bequeath unto my said Nephews Thomas Crook all my Goods Chattels []
Securities for money & all my Personal estate & effects of what sort or kind
soever the same may be of which I shall be possessed or entitled to hold
the same unto the said Thomas Crook his Executors & Admons upon the trusts
& [] & for the ends intents & purposes hereinafter mentioned that is to say
upon trust that the said Thomas Crook his Executors & Admons do & shall
as soon as reasonably may be after my decease posess [] themselves
of all my said Personal estate & call in & receive all such Sum & Sums of
money as shall be due & owing to me at the time of my death & sell dispose
of and covert into money all such parts of my personal estate as shall not
consist of money & by & out of the monies so by him or them to be posessed
of & received? do and shall in the first place pay & discharge all my debts &
funeral expenses & after paying the said several Legacies of twenty pounds each
so given & bequeathed in & by the said Will of my said Sister Catharine Crook
unto my said Nieces Elizabeth Eddols Mary Crook & Catharine Crook as aforesaid
& paying & yielding? the residuary Personal Estate of my said Sister Catharine
Crook in the manner directed by her said Will & after also paying or []
to himself the said Legacy of twenty pounds hereinbefore given to him the said
Thomas Crook then upon trust that he the said Thomas Crook his Executors
or Admons do & shall by & out of my said Personal Estate & Effects pay unto
each of them my nephews & nieces ( that is to say himself the said Thomas
Crook John Crook Simon Crook Robert Crook Walter Crook Catharine
Brown & Mary Seager Children of my brother Edward Crook & my Great
Niece Elizabeth Edwards ( Daughter of John Edwards of Hartham in the said
County of Wilts Yeoman by Elizabeth his Wife who was also a Daughter
of my said brother Edward Crook & the children of Jane Coward deceased
which shall be living at the time of my death& [] said Jane
Coward was likewise a daughter of the said Edward Crook such children
of the said Jane Coward nevertheless to take only such share of my said
Personal Estate as their mother would in case she was living & also unto such
of my Nephews Charles Crook Henry Crook & George Crook Sons of my brother
Simon Crook so much money as with the monies which they or my said
brother Edward Crook will then have [] as under & by virtue of the said
Will of my said Sister Catharine Crook will be equivalent to the shares of
my said Nephews & Nieces William Crook Anthony Crook Edward Crook John
Crook Elizabeth Eddols Mary Crook & Catharine Crook Sons & Daughters of my
said late deceased Brother Robert Crook of & in the residuary Personal Estate
of the said Catharine Crook deceased & upon this further trust that he the said
Thomas Crook his Executors or Admons do & shall pay & equally divide the
surplus or residue of my said Personal estate & effects after the several payments
aforesaid shall have been made to between & amongst himself the said Thomas
Crook & the said John Crook Simon Crook Robert Crook Walter Crook Catharine
Brown & Mary Seager Children of my said brother Edward Crook my said
Great Nice Elizabeth Edwards & the children of the said Jane Coward which
shall be living at the time of my decease such children to take only such
share between them of my said Personal Estate as their mother would in case
she was alive & to & amongst the said Charles Crook Henry Crook & George
Crook Sons of my said Brother Simon Crook & also to & amongst the said
William Crook Anthony Crook Edward Crook John Crook Elizabeth Eddols
Mary Crook & Catharine Crook Children of my late Brother Robert Crook
equally share & share alike it being my Will & intention that all my said
Nephews & Nieces or their representatives shall receive an equal & proportionable
share of & in my said personal estate & the personal Estate & Effects of my said
deceased Sister Catharine Crook except only that my said Nieces Elizabeth
Eddols Mary Crook & Catharine Crook shall receive their said several Legacies
of twenty pounds each under the Will of my said deceased Sister & my said
Nephew Thomas Crook shall have & receive the fixtures in my said house
the said Legacy of twenty pounds hereinbefore given to him over & above any
of my other Nephews or Nieces & I do make ordain constitute & appointed
the said Thomas Crook Sole Executorbof this my last Will & testament & I do
will order & direct that he shall not be charged or chargeable with or
accountable for more of the said trust estates & effects than shall actually
come to his hands by virtue of this my Will nor with or for any loss
which shall or may happen of the cause or as such loss happens without
his wilful neglect or default & that it shall be lawful for him to reimburse
himself in the first place by & out of the said trust estate all such costs
charges & expenses [] he shall be put into in the execution of this my
Will or the trusts hereby in him reposed In witness whereof I the said
Elizabeth Crook the testatrix have to this my last Will & testament contained
in three sheets of paper to the first two sheets thereof set my hand & to
this last sheet set my hand & seal this twenty fourth day of December in the
year of our Lord 1799 E Crook Signed Sealed Published & declared by
the said Elizabeth Crook the testatrix as & for her last Will & testament in the
presence of us who have attested the same in her presence Anthy Guy
Harry? Powell
This is a Codicil to the last Will & testament of
me Elizabeth Crook of Tytherton Lucas in the County of Wilts Spinster which
I will may be taken as part thereof & as if inserted therein whereas I
have in my said Will to which this is annexed directed the residue of my
Estate & Effects after the several payments therein mentioned are fully paid
& satisfied to be divided as is therein also mentioned between & amongst the
children of my brothers Edward Crook Simon Crook & Robert Crook and when
[] making my Will Robert Crook Son of Edward Crook & Edward Crook
Son of the said Robert Crook are both dead leaving children now my Will is
& I do hereby direct & declare that the children of the said Robert Crook &
Edward Crook shall be entitled to such share of my said Estate & Effects as their
respective parents would in case they had been living at my decease & I hereby
give the same to them accordingly I give to William Crook of Tytherton Lucas
[] Son of Thomas Crook two pair of Silver table Spoons One marked E Catharine
& the other (C) only & in all other respects I confirm my Will In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal the tenth of May 1802 Elizth
Crook Signed Sealed Published & declared by the above named Elizabeth Crook as
& for a Codiciul to her Will in the presence of us Anthy Guy Grace Powell